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  1. 22nd December 2017, 06:33 PM #1
    ajw
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    Default WIP - Using up scraps to make a box (well it has 4 sides and a base, so it's a box).

    I've got a couple of weeks off work for Christmas, so that means more shed time. I've got a lot of scrap pieces of timber, and thought I'd have a go at making something a bit different to use some of them up. I'm going to make a pen caddy, with a tumbling box design. I've had a go at drawing it in sketchup. I've got a few different types of timber to use. Walnut, Qld maple, jarrah (?), and something else.

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    The idea is to make a wide "panel", and cut off slices to make the front face. I think they might make a good gift, so I'm plannng on making a few at the same time.

    Thicknessed everything to around 20mm, then set up the SCMS at 30 degrees with a stop-block. My stock is about 60mm wide, so I'm hoping to get 4 slices from it.

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    Made up a simple L-shaped gluing station out of melamine. Going together well. Realised too late that I had one of the "cubes" around the wrong way...

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    The width of the front panel is around 100mm, so I need to make more panels for the sides and back.

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    After the glue dried, I jointed the face, and then took off a 10mm slice on the bandsaw. Repeated the process to get 4 slices.

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    The slices are not long enough to run through the thicknesser, so I glued them to some pine offcuts, and then ran them through the thicknesser to get down to 8mm.

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    I've got a spiral head in my thicknesser, and it does a fantastic job. The waste pine is trimmed off, and the pieces are cut to length and mitred.


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    It's coming together, and looks like the drawing!

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    I'm applying some finish to the inside faces, to help make removal of glue sqeezeout a bit easier. The colours are starting to pop. I'm using Minwax WOP Gloss for these.

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    That's it for today's efforts.

    What do you think? Will they make an interesting gift?

    Cheers,

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  3. 22nd December 2017, 08:01 PM #2
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    Very creative and well done.
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    That will look fantastic when finished. Already looks good, and yes it will make a great gift. A lot of work so hopefully the recipient will appreciate it.
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  5. 23rd December 2017, 10:19 AM #4
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    Love the detailed WIP - thanks for this, ajw.
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  6. 23rd December 2017, 05:23 PM #5
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    Glued two of them up, and then added a round-over to all external edges. A couple of coats of WOP applied. I'm not a fan of gloss, but I've got a tin of it, and this seems like the kind of project that could be OK with a gloss finish. Will give it a couple more coats and see what it looks like. When I made the tumbling box panel, I made it long enough to get a pen caddy and a shorter section. I'm planning on making this shorter section into a shallow version of the pen caddy, for storing paper clips, bulldog clips etc.


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    Comments and suggestions welcome.

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  7. 23rd December 2017, 09:27 PM #6
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    They do look great. Thanks for the WIP. I wish I could get that much shed time atm - aged parent issues!

    Still, my scrap bin is starting to look more promising now!
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  8. 23rd December 2017, 09:45 PM #7
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    I've got lots of scraps. I can't bring myself to throw it away, so I need to find things to make with it. These were not too difficult to make, once I'd drawn it up.

    Thanks for the nice comments.

    cheers,

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  9. 24th December 2017, 02:02 PM #8
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    Finished.


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  10. 25th December 2017, 09:24 AM #9
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    You have done a bloody good job there!!bravabravabrava

    Your angles and cutting are very accurate as is the glue up!! Love it!!
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  11. 25th December 2017, 10:44 AM #10
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    thanks Artme. They've been very popular with people I've shown them to. Lots of people asking for one - I will have to make a bigger batch next time.

    cheers,

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    Very nice! What timbers are those?


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  13. 26th December 2017, 01:36 PM #12
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    There's a few different timbers used. Walnut, rosewood, Qld maple, jarrah, silky oak, and lots of others I can't name...

    It's a good way of using up the off-cuts I've been holding on to for years.

    Cheers,

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